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 Amen. You may be seated.

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 Kiddos, you are excused to your King's kids' classes.

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 And as they are on their way, would you open up your Bibles to John chapter 15.

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! We're going to be looking at verses 1 through 17 this morning.

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 It's on page 1071 of your pew Bible.

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 Earlier this summer, Jenny, Mary, our youngest daughter,

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 and I, we visited some dear friends in the state of Washington.

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 The Tullys, many of you know the Tullys.

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 They're doing well.

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 Well, one particular day, we decided to go berry picking.

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 So we went to this berry farm.

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 And they had a variety of berries.

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 They had blueberries.

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 They had blackberries.

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 And not only did they have raspberries,

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 they had a variety of different kinds of raspberries.

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 It was amazing, the options that they had.

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 But what was most remarkable was how heavy laden the raspberry vines were.

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 I mean, they were just wanting to give of their fruit.

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 They, it was, you just felt this heaviness of fruit

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 as you're walking through aisle after aisle of raspberry vine.

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 You'd pick two, put in your bucket,

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 and then you'd pick two, and you would eat them.

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 They should weigh you going in and going out

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 because you eat a lot on the way.

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 It was, there was much fruit,

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 much abundant fruit.

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 Brothers and sisters in Christ,

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 we are to bear much fruit in Christ.

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 We are to be fruitful

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 with a different kind of fruit than raspberry fruit

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 because we abide in a different kind of vine

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 than a raspberry vine.

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 We've come to a passage that is familiar to many people in the room.

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 Jesus says, I am the vine.

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 For some of you in the room, this may be new.

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 So I'm going to ask and answer two questions from this passage.

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 How do we as Christians bear fruit?

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 And what fruit are we to bear?

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 Is there a particular fruit

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 that the Lord Jesus is eager for us to bear?

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 So how do we bear fruit?

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 Well, you're going to see it's by abiding in Christ.

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 And what particular fruit are we to bear above all else?

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 To love one another.

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 We love one another by abiding in Jesus.

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 So let's dig in.

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 Let's look at this first question.

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 It's going to be answered from verses one through eight.

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 So how do we bear fruit?

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 Let me just read that for you.

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 Jesus says in 15.1,

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 I am the true vine.

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 And my Father is the vine dresser.

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 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit,

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 He takes away.

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 And every branch that does bear fruit,

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 He prunes that it may bear more fruit.

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 Already you are clean because of the word

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 that I have spoken to you.

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 Abide in me and I in you,

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 as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself

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 unless it abides in the vine.

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 Neither can you unless you abide in me.

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 I am the vine.

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 You are the branches.

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 Whoever abides in me and I in him,

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 he it is that bears much fruit.

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 For apart from me, you can do nothing.

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 If anyone does not abide in me,

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 he's thrown away like a branch and withers.

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 And the branches are gathered,

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 thrown into the fire and burned.

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 If you abide in me and my words abide in you,

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 ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.

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 By this, my Father is glorified

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 that you bear much fruit

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 and prove to be my disciples.

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 Notice there's an emphasis.

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 There's something repeated throughout this passage.

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 It's bear fruit.

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 Verse 2,

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 And he prunes that it does not bear fruit.

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 He prunes those who do bear fruit

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 so that they bear more fruit.

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 Verse 4,

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 Cannot bear fruit,

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 but implied you bear fruit if you abide in him,

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 Jesus.

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 Verse 5,

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 He it is that bears much fruit.

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 For apart from me,

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 you can do nothing.

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 You can't bear fruit.

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 Look down at verse 8,

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 By this my Father is glorified

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 that you bear much fruit

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 and so prove to be my disciples.

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 This passage is about bearing fruit.

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 And what we have here

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 is what's called an extended imagery.

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 It's almost like a parable.

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 But unlike a parable,

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 where parables tend to tell stories,

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 this is just an extended image.

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 And we have four characters in this image,

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 four kind of like pieces of this image.

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 We have the vine,

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 and we have the branches,

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 and we have fruit,

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 and we have a vine dresser.

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 And so I just want to be clear,

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 make sure we're all on the same page

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 in terms of what this fruit bearing

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 that Jesus is talking about really is.

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 What he's talking about is Christian growth.

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 He's talking about change.

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 He's talking about producing things

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 that pleases him.

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 It's about transformation.

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 It's about sanctification,

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 if you're familiar with that term.

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 It's the process of becoming more and more like Jesus.

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 Now, just to be clear,

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 you don't become more fruitful

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 in order to be saved.

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 It doesn't work that way.

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 First, you are cleaned.

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 You're cleansed.

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 You're made right through the blood of Jesus.

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 You're saved in order to bear fruit.

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 It's very important to get that sequence right.

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 But in order for us to answer the question,

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 how do we bear fruit,

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 not only do we have to know

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 what these parts are in this extended imagery,

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 we need to know how they relate to one another.

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 So, let's start with the vine.

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 Jesus says in verse 1,

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 I am the true vine.

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 Jesus says in verse 5,

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 I am the vine.

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 Now, you may be thinking,

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 man, Jesus is an awesome teacher,

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 so culturally relevant.

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 He knows his audience.

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 He knows he's an agricultural society

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 that uses a lot of grapes of the vine

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 for drinking wine

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 and loving on grapes.

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 And one could say,

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 well, he's just a very effective communicator,

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 and you would be right.

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 But there's actually more going on here.

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 When Jesus says,

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 I'm the true vine,

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 this is what he's saying.

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 Anybody seen a Western?

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 Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching.

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 There's a new sheriff in town.

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 Ever seen anything like that?

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 When Jesus says, I'm the true vine,

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 it's kind of like,

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 everybody, there's a new vine in town.

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 But the old vine is gone.

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 The new vine is here.

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 Because if you read Isaiah chapter 5

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 and Psalm chapter 80,

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 you're going to start realizing

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 one of the themes throughout the Old Testament

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 is that God's old people, Israel,

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 he called them the vine.

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 But the thing about Israel

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 that brought about God's judgment

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 again and again and again

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 is that they were a fruitless vine.

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 They didn't trust God.

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 They didn't become the people

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 he wanted them to be.

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 And so God judged them.

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 And so now here Jesus is walking in

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 and he's like,

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 there's a new vine in town.

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 So what we're talking about here

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 is this are hints of the new covenant

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 of Jesus coming and establishing a new way

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 in which God will relate with his people,

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 a new people who are in Christ

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 and who will now abide in that vine

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 and produce fruit.

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 So there is a little bit more going on here

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 than just very kind of savvy teaching.

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 Jesus is making a claim.

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 The fulfillment has come.

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 The true vine is here.

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 And this vine is no other than

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 the great I am incarnate.

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 The new vine is on the scene

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 and he's the source of life.

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 The vine is the basic source of life

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 for a grape vine.

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 For grapes to grow,

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 a branch needs to be attached to the vine.

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 And so what Jesus is doing here,

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 among other things,

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 he's setting up a relationship.

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 So we move from Jesus is the vine

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 to now talking about the branches.

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 In verse 15, 5,

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 Jesus looks at his disciples

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 and he's very clear.

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 He's like,

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 let's just get these straight guys.

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 I'm the vine,

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 you're the branches.

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 And that applies to every Christian in the room.

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 You are not the vine.

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 You're a branch.

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 I'm not the vine.

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 I'm a branch.

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 And what this means is

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 there is a dependent relationship

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 that Jesus is getting,

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 establishing through this extended metaphor.

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 He wants us to realize that we need him.

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 The branch

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 is dependent on the vine,

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 not the other way around.

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 What Jesus is getting at here

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 with this particular image

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 is a picture of dependency.

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 Look what he says in verse 4.

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 Abide in me and I in you,

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 as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 I am the vine,

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 you are the branches.

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 Whoever abides in me and I in him,

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 he it is that bears much fruit.

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 For apart from me,

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 you can do nothing.

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 You can do nothing.

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 And the context is,

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 you cannot bear fruit

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 apart from me.

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 Does anybody else have the same

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 default position I do

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 when I wake up in the morning?

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 I wake up in self-dependent mode.

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 Self-abiding mode.

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 I wake up,

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 my systems come on,

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 beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.

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 And I'm like,

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 what do I need to get done?

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 What's next?

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 Let's get it done.

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 And I wake up in a posture

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 of thinking that

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 I am the source

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 of the life

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 and of the power

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 I need for that day.

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 And it couldn't be further

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 from the truth.

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 And what Jesus is saying here

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 is it's like,

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 let's be clear.

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 Every morning you wake up,

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 you wake up dependent on me.

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 I'm the vine,

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 you're the branch.

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 It's this vitally

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 dependent relationship.

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 Here's where I'm going to want

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 to land you later in the sermon.

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 We can just,

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 we can wrap it up right here.

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 And you can start

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 every day this week

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 with a confessional prayer

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 that goes something like this.

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 Jesus, today I confess you

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 as the vine.

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 You're the great I am.

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 I'm a branch.

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 Today I need you.

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 That's how it starts.

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 Every day.

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 You're recognizing

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 the reality of things.

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 I define humility

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 as living in reality.

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 You're just living

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 in the reality

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 of the way things really are.

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 And what Jesus is saying,

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 if his word is abiding in us

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 from this passage,

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 it's he's the vine,

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 we're the branches.

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 We're going to live

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 in that reality.

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 And reality is our friend.

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 That's good

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 to recognize

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 that.

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 He is the source

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 of the life

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 power

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 we need

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 to bear

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 the kind of fruit

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 that pleases

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 him.

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 I just want to say

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 it one more time.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 you cannot produce

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 the fruit

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 that Jesus is calling

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 you to here

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 without abiding

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 in Jesus.

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 You can't do it

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 on your own.

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 This is humility.

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 humility.

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 This is at the heart

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 of a dependent

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 relationship

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 with the living God.

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 It's in order

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 for us to connect

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 and abide

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 in Jesus.

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 We must

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 humbly

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 come in

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 to him.

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 We need

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 him.

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 You know,

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 anybody see

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 any mums on sale?

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 A lot of mums.

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 If I came up

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 to your door

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 and I had mums

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 in a pot

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 on my left hand

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 and a bouquet

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 of roses

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 in the right,

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 which would I

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 be giving you

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 that is alive?

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 The mums.

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 Because the roses,

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 they're as good

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 as dead.

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 They've been cut

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 off from the vine.

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 It just

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 doesn't matter

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 before they wither.

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 Not the mums.

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 They're connected

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 to life.

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 They produce

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 beautiful,

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 multicolored

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 blossoms.

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 Which brings me

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 to the fruit.

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 So,

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 Jesus is the vine.

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 We're the branches.

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 There's a vital

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 dependent relationship

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 of us on him

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 that's marked

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 by humility,

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 dependence,

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 and now

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 the fruit.

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 Bear fruit.

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 Bear more fruit.

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 Bear a lot of fruit.

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 Bear fruit

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 that glorifies

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 my Father in Heaven.

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 Be fruitful.

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 What kind of fruit?

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 Well,

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 in verses 9

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 through 17,

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 Jesus is going

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 to narrow in

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 on a particular fruit.

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 But not exclusively.

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 There's all sorts

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 of fruit

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 that the Lord Jesus

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 wants us to bear.

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 fruit.

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 And we can

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 generally categorize

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 them in two ways.

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 There's

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 personal fruit.

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 Think of

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 the fruit

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 of the Spirit.

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 Galatians 5,

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 22

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 through 23.

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 The fruit

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 of the Spirit

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 is love,

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 joy,

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 peace,

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 patience,

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 kindness,

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 goodness,

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 gentleness,

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 faithfulness,

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 and self-control.

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 These are

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 Spirit-produced

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 fruit

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 in us

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 that pleases

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 God.

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 And they all

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 have this

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 relational aspect

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 to them.

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 When you are

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 bearing the fruit

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 of the Spirit,

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 you are doing

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 good to a church.

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 but there's

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 also

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 another kind

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 of fruit

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 in its

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 ministry

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 fruitfulness

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 where we

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 are ministering

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 to one another

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 and it

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 is

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 fruitful.

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 People

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 are

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 experiencing

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 change

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 because of it.

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 They're being

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 built up.

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 They're being

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 saved.

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 They're being

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 sanctified.

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 They're given

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 hope.

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 They're helping

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 to endure

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 hard things.

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 So we have

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 the vine,

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 Jesus,

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 and I'm about

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 to talk to you

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 about the

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 vinedresser

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 who's God

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 the Father.

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 Do you know

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 who is the

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 power,

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 the pulsating

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 power of God

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 that is present

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 in you

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 in order to

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 produce

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 this fruit?

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 It's the Holy

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 Spirit.

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 It's what Jesus

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 says.

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 He was just

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 talking about

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 him in

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 chapter 14

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 and he's

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 going to

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 talk about

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 him more

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 in chapter

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 16.

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 He's

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 personal.

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 The Holy

00:16:42.280 --> 00:16:42.720
 Spirit's not

00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.080
 an it.

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 He's a who

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 and he's

00:16:45.180 --> 00:16:46.600
 present and

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 he empowers.

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 He brings

00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:48.840
 peace.

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 And he's

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 the one that

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 is going to

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 be bearing

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 fruit in us.

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 He

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 was given

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 in large

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 part so that

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 we would

00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:01.440
 obey Jesus'

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 commands.

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 God's

00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:06.660
 So we

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 have the

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:07.660
 vine,

00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.039
 Jesus,

00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:08.839
 the source

00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:09.319
 of life.

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 We have

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 the branches,

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 us,

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:11.720
 who need

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 his life.

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 The fruit,

00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:15.720
 that fruit's

00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.099
 not your

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 fruit.

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 If you

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 begin bearing

00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:20.039
 fruit by the

00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.639
 Holy Spirit

00:17:20.639 --> 00:17:21.319
 and you're

00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:21.480
 like,

00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:22.319
 look at me,

00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.139
 look how

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 self-controlled

00:17:23.660 --> 00:17:24.180
 I am.

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 You're making

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 a terrible

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.339
 mistake

00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:29.299
 because you

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:29.759
 should have

00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.439
 an asterisk

00:17:30.439 --> 00:17:30.919
 on that.

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 You should

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.639
 have a

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 footnote

00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:32.579
 on that

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 that says

00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:34.119
 something like

00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:34.459
 this.

00:17:34.919 --> 00:17:35.579
 I was

00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:37.339
 really lacking

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:38.059
 self-control

00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:39.699
 and then God

00:17:39.699 --> 00:17:40.559
 by his Spirit

00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:41.480
 produced this

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:42.099
 self-control

00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:42.879
 in me

00:17:42.879 --> 00:17:43.839
 as I was

00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.659
 abiding

00:17:44.659 --> 00:17:46.039
 in Christ's

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.480
 word.

00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.339
 Changed

00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:48.659
 me.

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 And that's

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.139
 the kind of

00:17:51.139 --> 00:17:51.500
 fruit that

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:52.079
 brings glory

00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.539
 to God

00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.119
 the Father

00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:54.879
 because there's

00:17:54.879 --> 00:17:55.759
 no question

00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.839
 who brought

00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:57.519
 about this

00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.159
 change in

00:17:58.159 --> 00:17:58.419
 you.

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 So we

00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:03.359
 have the

00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:03.679
 vine,

00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:04.259
 the branches,

00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:04.980
 the fruit,

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.599
 and now the

00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.240
 vine dresser.

00:18:08.919 --> 00:18:09.500
 Look at

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:09.899
 verse 1.

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:11.000
 Jesus says,

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 I'm the true

00:18:11.619 --> 00:18:11.939
 vine.

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.399
 Cha-ching,

00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:12.759
 cha-ching,

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.220
 there's a new

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.859
 vine in town.

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.319
 And my

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:16.259
 Father is the

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:16.980
 vine dresser.

00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:17.720
 What is a

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.319
 vine dresser?

00:18:18.399 --> 00:18:18.879
 It sounds

00:18:18.879 --> 00:18:20.299
 fashion-related.

00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.879
 It's like a

00:18:22.879 --> 00:18:23.399
 vine farmer.

00:18:24.659 --> 00:18:25.379
 A vine dresser

00:18:25.379 --> 00:18:26.279
 is a person

00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:26.759
 who tends

00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:27.259
 vines.

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 And look

00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.099
 what this

00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:29.920
 vine dresser

00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:30.299
 does in

00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:30.759
 verse 2.

00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:31.759
 Every branch

00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:32.420
 in me that

00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:32.839
 does not

00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.299
 bear fruit,

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.400
 I think

00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:35.619
 Jesus right

00:18:35.619 --> 00:18:36.039
 there is

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:36.480
 speaking of

00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:36.920
 people who

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:37.839
 profess him

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.839
 but aren't

00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:39.640
 necessarily

00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:41.180
 truly Christians.

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.339
 Every branch

00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:43.799
 in me that

00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.259
 does not

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:44.839
 bear fruit,

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.579
 he takes

00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.019
 away.

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:46.819
 The vine

00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:47.160
 dresser

00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:47.720
 takes away.

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.160
 And every

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:49.720
 branch that

00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.319
 does bear

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.680
 fruit,

00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:51.319
 dun,

00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:51.759
 dun,

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 dun,

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.599
 he prudes.

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 that it

00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:57.719
 may

00:18:57.719 --> 00:18:58.459
 bear

00:18:58.459 --> 00:18:59.539
 more fruit.

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.439
 Look down

00:19:04.439 --> 00:19:04.859
 at verse

00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:05.559
 6.

00:19:07.159 --> 00:19:07.819
 If anyone

00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.279
 does not

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:09.019
 abide in

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.240
 me,

00:19:09.459 --> 00:19:10.039
 he is

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.579
 thrown away

00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:11.000
 like a

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.319
 branch

00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:11.919
 and withers.

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:12.679
 And the

00:19:12.679 --> 00:19:13.399
 branches are

00:19:13.399 --> 00:19:13.819
 gathered

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:15.399
 by who?

00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:18.120
 the vine

00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:18.519
 dresser.

00:19:20.600 --> 00:19:21.060
 Thrown

00:19:21.060 --> 00:19:21.440
 into the

00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:21.900
 fire and

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 burned.

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 That's a

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 sober

00:19:26.080 --> 00:19:26.480
 warning.

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 It's the

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 kind of

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 thing that

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 goes something

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.780
 like this.

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 If you're a

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.440
 professing

00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:35.320
 Christian and

00:19:35.320 --> 00:19:35.759
 you're like,

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.440
 I agree with

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:36.940
 everything you

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.100
 say,

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 Pastor Mike.

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:39.040
 I agree.

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.540
 I need to

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 be fruitful.

00:19:40.800 --> 00:19:41.460
 That's right.

00:19:41.580 --> 00:19:42.080
 It's possible

00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:42.580
 you can leave

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 here and

00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:43.680
 think that

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.980
 was an

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.599
 okay sermon.

00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.880
 And I

00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:49.700
 agree with

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:49.980
 what he

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:50.319
 said,

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 but you

00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:52.160
 do not

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:52.440
 bear

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.759
 fruit.

00:19:54.339 --> 00:19:54.980
 You don't

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 abide in

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.079
 Jesus.

00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:57.940
 There's

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.339
 warning

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:59.120
 here.

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 If you're

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 not being

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.259
 fruitful,

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:04.440
 you're

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 in danger.

00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:07.140
 You need

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 to ask

00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:07.880
 some hard

00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:08.559
 questions.

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 Am I

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.279
 genuinely

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:12.059
 saved?

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 Have I

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 been born

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.099
 again?

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 it's

00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.420
 this

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:17.799
 really

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.259
 healthy

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:18.740
 step

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 just to

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 be

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 able

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 to

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 make

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 sure

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 that

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 you

00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:22.299
 belong

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 to

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:22.860
 Jesus,

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.140
 that you're

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:24.480
 in the

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:24.779
 faith.

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 But what

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.059
 the vine

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.819
 dresser also

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 does,

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 it not only

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.440
 addresses

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.279
 fruitlessness,

00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:32.660
 he prunes

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.299
 the fruitful.

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:36.059
 He makes

00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.700
 the fruitful

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.559
 more fruitful

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.440
 because he is

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 glorified by

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 those who

00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:40.299
 bear much

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:40.599
 fruit.

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:40.679
 fruit.

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.699
 He wants

00:20:42.699 --> 00:20:43.199
 us to

00:20:43.199 --> 00:20:44.039
 bear fruit.

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 So our

00:20:47.679 --> 00:20:48.980
 father loves

00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:50.259
 us with

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.779
 the pruning

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.399
 shears,

00:20:51.939 --> 00:20:54.279
 that we

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.679
 be more

00:20:54.679 --> 00:20:55.500
 fruitful for

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.579
 his glory,

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.240
 that we

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.679
 can give

00:20:59.679 --> 00:21:00.099
 him the

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:01.199
 credit for

00:21:01.199 --> 00:21:01.559
 what he's

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:01.939
 doing in

00:21:01.939 --> 00:21:02.500
 our lives.

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.559
 So now the

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.819
 question we

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.339
 have is,

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:07.719
 well,

00:21:08.659 --> 00:21:09.079
 how do you

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.460
 bear fruit?

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.480
 We know

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.000
 the different

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.960
 pieces of

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.599
 this extended

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:15.359
 metaphor,

00:21:15.939 --> 00:21:16.259
 how do you

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:16.639
 bear fruit?

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:16.899
 Well,

00:21:16.919 --> 00:21:17.119
 it's the

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.639
 word abide.

00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:19.059
 You abide

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.339
 in the

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:19.659
 vine.

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.259
 The fruit

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.019
 that is

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:23.019
 born in

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.419
 you is

00:21:23.419 --> 00:21:23.919
 not your

00:21:23.919 --> 00:21:24.319
 fruit,

00:21:24.439 --> 00:21:24.939
 it's the

00:21:24.939 --> 00:21:25.480
 fruit of

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:25.759
 God,

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.299
 the Spirit.

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.259
 So how

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.859
 do you

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.480
 abide in

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:28.779
 the vine?

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.000
 Well,

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.659
 it's here

00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:29.839
 in the

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.159
 text,

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.480
 it's in

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:30.879
 verse 7.

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.319
 We see,

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.279
 if you

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:34.779
 abide in

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.179
 me and

00:21:35.179 --> 00:21:35.720
 my words

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.259
 abide in

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.519
 you,

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.539
 those just

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.000
 aren't like

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.359
 Bible

00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:39.199
 memorization

00:21:39.199 --> 00:21:40.579
 abiding in

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:40.799
 you,

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.679
 what those

00:21:42.679 --> 00:21:42.839
 are,

00:21:42.919 --> 00:21:43.719
 you're actually

00:21:43.719 --> 00:21:44.639
 doing the

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.119
 words of

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.399
 Jesus.

00:21:46.399 --> 00:21:46.919
 You're

00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:47.599
 acting on

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:47.839
 them.

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.119
 You're

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:49.899
 obeying his

00:21:49.899 --> 00:21:50.379
 commands,

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.199
 chapter 14.

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.839
 They're

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.599
 abiding in

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:53.879
 you.

00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.219
 They're

00:21:55.219 --> 00:21:55.679
 making a

00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.199
 difference.

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:56.719
 And again,

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.279
 you don't

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.579
 abide in

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.399
 his words in

00:21:59.399 --> 00:22:00.000
 order to be

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.279
 saved.

00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:00.479
 No,

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:00.959
 you've been

00:22:00.959 --> 00:22:02.159
 saved to

00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:03.259
 abide in

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.399
 him.

00:22:03.699 --> 00:22:04.399
 It's this

00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:05.099
 really interesting

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.899
 relationship that

00:22:05.899 --> 00:22:07.159
 our obedience to

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:08.420
 Jesus actually

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:09.680
 helps us

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.240
 stay

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:12.840
 abiding in

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.279
 Jesus,

00:22:15.040 --> 00:22:15.840
 trusting him,

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.500
 loving him.

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.019
 And so,

00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:22.100
 his words

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.880
 abiding in

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:23.519
 us is not

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.480
 just a pile

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.200
 up of

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.120
 memorized

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.759
 scripture.

00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.700
 It's you

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.720
 being a doer

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.160
 of the word,

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.019
 not just a hearer

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.480
 of the word.

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:34.500
 And then we

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:34.799
 pray.

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.140
 If you

00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.559
 abide in

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:38.860
 me and

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.319
 my words

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.660
 and you

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.279
 ask whatever

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.759
 you wish

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.039
 and it will

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.360
 be done

00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:41.720
 for you.

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.259
 And that

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.039
 whatever you

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.400
 wish is

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:44.220
 qualified by

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.740
 his words

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.259
 abiding in

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.420
 you.

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.539
 You're

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:46.660
 going to

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.079
 want what

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.579
 he wants.

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.519
 Of course

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.980
 he's God

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.259
 the Father.

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.579
 I'm like,

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:50.720
 yeah,

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.299
 you got it.

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.480
 You want

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:52.700
 to bring

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.000
 glory to

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.220
 my name?

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.539
 Sure.

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.660
 Let's do

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:54.819
 it.

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:57.879
 So we

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:59.179
 abide by

00:22:59.179 --> 00:22:59.980
 faith,

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.759
 by obeying

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.399
 his words,

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.220
 and by

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.539
 asking God

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.240
 frequently

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.240
 to do

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.779
 things

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:08.399
 for his

00:23:08.399 --> 00:23:08.779
 glory.

00:23:10.899 --> 00:23:11.659
 That's what

00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:12.059
 it means to

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.359
 abide.

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.439
 And now,

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.039
 let's ask

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.419
 the second

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:16.839
 question.

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.139
 What fruit

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:20.700
 are we to

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.039
 bear?

00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:22.500
 We've

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.039
 answered the

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.639
 first question.

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.740
 How do we

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.140
 bear fruit?

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.539
 Will we

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:25.980
 abide in

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.420
 Christ?

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:28.559
 Now,

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.039
 what fruit

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.440
 are we to

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:29.660
 bear?

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.000
 Verses 9

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.559
 through 17.

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.039
 Let me read

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.180
 them.

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:32.859
 As the

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.339
 Father has

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:33.819
 loved me,

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.319
 so have

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.720
 I loved

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.000
 you.

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.900
 Abide in

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.500
 my love.

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.440
 If you

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.779
 keep my

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.120
 commandments,

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.500
 you will

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:38.920
 abide in

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.359
 my love,

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.019
 just as I

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.299
 have kept

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.859
 my Father's

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.200
 commandments,

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:41.759
 and abide

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.180
 in his

00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:42.579
 love.

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.819
 These

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.920
 things I

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.559
 have spoken

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.440
 to you,

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.240
 that my

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.880
 joy may

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.279
 be in

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.640
 you,

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.700
 and that

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.680
 your joy

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:55.320
 may be

00:23:55.320 --> 00:23:55.720
 full.

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.080
 This is

00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:58.259
 my

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.700
 commandment,

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.160
 that you

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.720
 love one

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.200
 another as

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.460
 I have

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:00.920
 loved you.

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:01.740
 Greater

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.240
 love has

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.740
 no one

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.259
 than this,

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.220
 that someone

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.720
 lay down

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.220
 his life

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.519
 for his

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:05.840
 friends.

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:06.480
 You are

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:06.900
 my friends

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.160
 if you

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.440
 do what

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.920
 I command

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.220
 you.

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.279
 No longer

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.519
 do I

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:09.799
 call you

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.140
 servants,

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.500
 for the

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:10.740
 servant

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.160
 does not

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.560
 know what

00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:12.039
 his master

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.500
 is doing,

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:12.799
 but I

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.180
 have called

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.380
 you

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.279
 friends.

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.980
 For all

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.259
 that I

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.560
 have heard

00:24:15.560 --> 00:24:15.860
 from my

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.100
 Father,

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.519
 I have

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.700
 made

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:16.960
 known

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.160
 to

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.400
 you.

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.200
 You

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.500
 did not

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.759
 choose

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:18.960
 me,

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.299
 but I

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.580
 chose

00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:19.880
 you and

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.200
 appointed

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.620
 you that

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.019
 you should

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.720
 go and

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.940
 bear fruit

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:24.279
 and that

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.900
 your fruit

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.880
 should abide

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.640
 so that

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.100
 whatever you

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.539
 ask the

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:27.900
 Father in

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.360
 my name,

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:28.940
 he may

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.240
 give it

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.580
 to you.

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.259
 These

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.880
 things I

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.279
 command

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.660
 you so

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:34.120
 that you

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.700
 will love

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.180
 one another.

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.539
 What's

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:38.840
 interesting

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.620
 about verses

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:41.740
 9-17 is

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.460
 Jesus uses

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.960
 a lot of

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.360
 the same

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:44.140
 language as

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.440
 he does

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.799
 in verses

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.580
 1-8,

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:48.400
 but he

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:48.759
 narrows

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.360
 the focus.

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.740
 In

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.140
 verses

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:52.740
 1-8,

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.200
 he starts

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.039
 generally.

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.360
 In

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:55.559
 verses

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.480
 9-17,

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:58.100
 he gets

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:58.340
 more

00:24:58.340 --> 00:24:58.799
 focused.

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.200
 So for

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.519
 example,

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.140
 in

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.740
 verse 9,

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.420
 he talks

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.759
 about

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.740
 abiding

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.440
 in me,

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.140
 and then,

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.100
 or earlier,

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.620
 abiding

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:07.940
 in me,

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.200
 and in

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.539
 verse 9,

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.240
 he's now

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.680
 talking about

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.080
 abiding

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:10.539
 in my

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.059
 love.

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.080
 That's a

00:25:12.080 --> 00:25:12.279
 movement

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.819
 from general

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.360
 to specific.

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.340
 And then,

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.980
 where he's

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.319
 been talking

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.920
 about bearing

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.440
 fruit,

00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:19.200
 in 16,

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.799
 he starts

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.180
 talking about

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.279
 bearing a

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.940
 particular kind

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.299
 of fruit,

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.779
 to love

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.259
 one another.

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.019
 Now,

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.779
 notice how

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.440
 Jesus talks

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.200
 about this

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.820
 love.

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.660
 In verse

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.080
 9,

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:37.019
 he says,

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:37.600
 as the

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.039
 Father has

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.519
 loved me,

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.060
 so I

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:40.200
 have loved

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.660
 you,

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.680
 abide

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:43.160
 in my

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.620
 love,

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.420
 dwell in

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:44.940
 my love,

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.980
 reside in

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.460
 my love,

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.000
 do my

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.299
 love.

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.339
 love,

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:53.240
 it's like

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.539
 a chain

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.019
 reaction

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.519
 that we're

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.059
 seeing happen

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.279
 here.

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.639
 It's God

00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:57.200
 loves the

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.500
 son,

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:58.919
 and then

00:25:58.919 --> 00:25:59.879
 the son

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.440
 loves his

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:00.899
 disciples.

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.119
 And so

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.440
 there's a

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.180
 chain reaction

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.740
 of love

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.240
 going on

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.799
 from father,

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.180
 son,

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.819
 to disciple.

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.200
 Another way

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.440
 that you can

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.859
 talk about

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.299
 it is,

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:10.480
 it's like

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:12.039
 a multi-leveled

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.539
 waterfall,

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.539
 waterfall,

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.399
 where you

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.960
 have this

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.779
 life-giving

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.940
 water flowing

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:18.220
 over the

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.079
 top of a

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.440
 waterfall.

00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:20.220
 Jenny,

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.440
 Mary,

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.659
 and I,

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:20.899
 a few

00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.299
 years ago

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.960
 went to

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:24.019
 this

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:26.019
 wonderful

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.940
 state park,

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.700
 Yosemite.

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.240
 And they

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.500
 had this

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.920
 massive

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.519
 waterfall

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.519
 that had

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.399
 multi-levels

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.680
 on it.

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.299
 And so

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.359
 water would

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.240
 rush over

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.960
 the top

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.639
 of these

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.539
 boulders,

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.180
 and then

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.500
 it would

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.259
 pool,

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.399
 and then

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:43.519
 there was

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:43.980
 not enough

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.819
 volume to

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.220
 be held,

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.539
 and so

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:47.180
 it overflowed

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.339
 down on

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.839
 another

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.559
 waterfall

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.460
 into another

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.899
 pool,

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.519
 and then

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.500
 that overflowed

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.839
 because there's

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.559
 so much

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.859
 water coming

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.240
 over,

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.920
 and that

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.779
 overflowed

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.539
 into another

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:57.980
 pool,

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.720
 and it just

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.099
 kept on

00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:00.599
 going because

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.200
 there was no

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.039
 end to the

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.359
 flow.

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.539
 No end.

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.259
 And so

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.639
 what we

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.379
 have here

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:08.299
 is

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.779
 is a

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.279
 love

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.680
 cataracts,

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.700
 a love

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.200
 flow,

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.619
 a love

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.220
 fall

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.440
 from God

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.960
 the Father

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.839
 to God

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.419
 the Son,

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.159
 and from

00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:19.819
 God the Son

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.279
 to His

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.779
 disciples.

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.279
 Do you

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.579
 see it?

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.200
 It's a

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.819
 chain reaction.

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.579
 It's a

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:30.440
 multi-segmented

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.839
 love fall,

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.539
 and the

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.940
 way

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:34.180
 that we

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.859
 abide

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:36.220
 under the

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.759
 love fall

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.259
 of Jesus

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:39.379
 is by

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:39.920
 abiding

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.500
 in His

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.920
 word.

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.759
 We

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.420
 position

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.400
 ourselves

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:45.519
 under

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.480
 His

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.079
 love fall.

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.079
 It

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.640
 doesn't

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:48.960
 earn

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.220
 His

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.599
 love.

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:50.920
 It

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.700
 positions

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.220
 us

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.900
 to

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:54.180
 experience

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.440
 the

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.920
 goodness,

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.740
 the joy

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.140
 of it,

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:58.400
 the joy

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:58.920
 of obedience,

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.460
 the joy

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.839
 of being

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.460
 filled up,

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.700
 the joy

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.079
 of doing

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.519
 what we

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.859
 know is

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.099
 to be

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.579
 pleasing to

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:04.879
 God.

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:04.920
 God,

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:06.080
 and He

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:06.480
 uses His

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.620
 own

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.020
 example

00:28:07.020 --> 00:28:07.440
 in verse

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.700
 10.

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:08.820
 If you

00:28:08.820 --> 00:28:09.160
 keep my

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.540
 commandments,

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.060
 you will

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.580
 abide in

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:11.000
 my love,

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.180
 just as I

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.460
 have kept

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.040
 my Father's

00:28:14.040 --> 00:28:14.400
 commandments

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:14.880
 and abide

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.200
 in His

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.480
 love.

00:28:16.540 --> 00:28:17.440
 He knows.

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.880
 He knows

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.500
 the goodness,

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:22.240
 which makes

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.340
 verse 11

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:23.940
 really

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.540
 interesting.

00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:26.780
 These

00:28:26.780 --> 00:28:27.200
 things I've

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.760
 spoken to

00:28:27.760 --> 00:28:27.880
 you,

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.300
 that my

00:28:28.300 --> 00:28:28.900
 joy may

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.240
 be in

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.360
 you.

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.920
 What joy?

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.580
 The joy

00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:32.260
 of abiding

00:28:32.260 --> 00:28:32.900
 in His

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.720
 Father's love

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.440
 by obeying

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.700
 Him.

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.779
 That my

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.740
 joy may

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.200
 be in

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.500
 you.

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.299
 I want

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.779
 you,

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.299
 disciple,

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.860
 to experience

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.740
 the joy

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:44.180
 of obeying

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.700
 me

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.500
 underneath

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.259
 my love

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.539
 fall.

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.980
 I want

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:49.180
 to fill

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.740
 you up.

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.700
 I want

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.160
 you to

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.880
 experience

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.640
 that joy

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.799
 to the

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.120
 full.

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.360
 I want

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.559
 you to

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.620
 experience

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.539
 all of

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.240
 my goodness

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:01.200
 and that

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.839
 requires

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.400
 you to

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.000
 be trusting

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.579
 me by

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.019
 obeying

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.519
 my word.

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.380
 The love

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:08.839
 of Jesus

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:10.680
 for us

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.400
 is like

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.980
 Niagara.

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.160
 So the

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.640
 love fall

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.279
 falls from

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.839
 the Father

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.440
 to the Son

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.740
 and from

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.140
 the Son

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.799
 to us.

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:21.900
 It fills

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.579
 us to

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.420
 the full

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:25.240
 even to

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.980
 overflowing.

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:28.519
 And so

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:28.860
 now we

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.319
 read verse

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.740
 12.

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.200
 This is

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.380
 my

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:31.860
 commandment.

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:33.940
 That you

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.420
 love one

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.920
 another as

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.180
 I have

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.559
 loved you.

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.099
 You see

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.259
 what's

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.660
 going on?

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.819
 Father to

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.059
 Son,

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.559
 love.

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.900
 Son to

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.019
 the

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.319
 disciple,

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.700
 love.

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.200
 Disciple to

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.660
 disciple,

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.039
 love.

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.680
 It's a

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.400
 love fall

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.279
 vertically,

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.440
 horizontally.

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.559
 God loves

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:52.960
 us,

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.279
 Father,

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.720
 Son,

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.579
 and then

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.460
 we are

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:55.779
 like

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.559
 His love

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.279
 is amazing.

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.619
 I want

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:59.059
 to obey

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.579
 Him and

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.200
 I want

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.619
 you to

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.240
 experience

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.000
 the same

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.259
 brother,

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.799
 sister in

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.099
 Christ.

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.660
 I want

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:04.859
 you to

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.240
 experience

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.460
 His

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:05.920
 goodness.

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.019
 He

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.559
 commands us

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:11.839
 to bear

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.279
 this fruit.

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:12.720
 It sounds

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.220
 strange.

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:14.879
 This is

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.079
 my

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.440
 commandment

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.740
 that you

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.139
 love one

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:16.660
 another as

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.099
 I have

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.460
 loved you.

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.740
 We've

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.099
 heard this

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:19.000
 before in

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.539
 13,

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.119
 34,

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.319
 through

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.720
 35.

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.079
 A new

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.399
 commandment

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.660
 I give

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:21.920
 to you

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.220
 that you

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.579
 love one

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.480
 another just

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.039
 as I have

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.359
 loved you,

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:24.759
 you love

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.099
 one another.

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:26.000
 And by

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.559
 this,

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.699
 this love,

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:28.839
 all people

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.059
 will know

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.339
 that you're

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.879
 my disciples.

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:33.559
 This is,

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:35.419
 this is the

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:36.279
 high,

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.279
 high,

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:39.359
 high fruit

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:39.659
 of the

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:40.019
 Spirit,

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.859
 the first

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.199
 one,

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:41.939
 love.

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.480
 And it's a

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.000
 certain kind

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.399
 of love.

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.179
 It's not

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:49.519
 loving like the

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.099
 world loves.

00:30:50.679 --> 00:30:50.939
 Look at

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.579
 verse 13.

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:51.619
 13.

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.579
 It's a

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.539
 gospel love.

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.980
 Verse 13,

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.960
 greater love

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.759
 is no one

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.299
 than this,

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.220
 that someone

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.619
 lay down

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.019
 his life

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.259
 for his

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.480
 friends.

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.819
 Jesus spoke

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.480
 that just

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.419
 hours before

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:06.039
 he would be

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.559
 hanged on a

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.960
 cross.

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:09.799
 He knows

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.059
 what he's

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.599
 talking about.

00:31:11.939 --> 00:31:12.839
 And we are

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.539
 to love one

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.059
 another with

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.480
 this kind

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.119
 of gospel

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.839
 love which

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:17.439
 is sacrificial

00:31:17.439 --> 00:31:18.299
 in its

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.679
 nature.

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:20.700
 it's a

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.299
 love

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.860
 empowered by

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.420
 the Spirit

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:25.180
 that wants

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.299
 others to

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:27.360
 experience the

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.720
 fullness of

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:30.460
 their joy in

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.039
 the waterfall

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.600
 of Jesus.

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.820
 Let me try

00:31:36.820 --> 00:31:37.140
 to put it

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.560
 this way.

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.640
 The kind

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:40.960
 of love

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.220
 that we're

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.720
 talking about

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.519
 that distinguishes

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.240
 Christians from

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.980
 everybody else

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:46.539
 is sacrificial.

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:46.980
 It means

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:48.279
 giving yourself

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.319
 for the good

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.740
 of someone

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.279
 else.

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.700
 It means

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.819
 that you

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:54.059
 suffer like

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.720
 Christ,

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.460
 you suffer

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.680
 loss like

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.759
 Jesus in

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.099
 order that

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.940
 someone else

00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:00.240
 would experience

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.259
 Christ's

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.759
 exalting

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.200
 gain.

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.139
 It's that

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:05.399
 kind of

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:05.680
 love.

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.279
 And when

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.720
 you have a

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.099
 church,

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.579
 a bunch

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:11.960
 of regular

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:13.759
 people who've

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.099
 been filled

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.599
 by the Holy

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.079
 Spirit,

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:17.039
 who are

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.039
 abiding in

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.519
 Jesus,

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.559
 who are

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.399
 loving people

00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:21.199
 one another

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.879
 this way,

00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:24.019
 that gets

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.519
 noticed.

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.519
 And we get

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.000
 to say things

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.359
 like, yeah,

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.159
 that's not

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:28.419
 me.

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.720
 I would not

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.779
 love people

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.259
 like that.

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.539
 That's

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.779
 because of

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.099
 what God

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.439
 is doing

00:32:36.439 --> 00:32:36.799
 in us.

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:42.440
 this is

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.980
 the command.

00:32:43.159 --> 00:32:43.460
 This is

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.559
 the high

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:44.940
 premium

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:46.480
 fruit that

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.839
 we are to

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.279
 be bearing.

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:50.019
 It requires

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.919
 cost.

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.779
 It requires

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.879
 discomfort.

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.659
 It means

00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:54.599
 inconvenience.

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.259
 It means

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:56.440
 doing things

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.740
 that you

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.039
 normally

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.059
 wouldn't do,

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.619
 moving towards

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.079
 people you

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.339
 normally

00:32:59.339 --> 00:32:59.940
 wouldn't move

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.339
 towards.

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.980
 But that's

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.519
 just Jesus

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.119
 in a nutshell.

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.299
 Jesus.

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.359
 Jesus.

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.359


00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.859
 Jesus.

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:03.859


00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.359
 Jesus.

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.359
 Jesus.

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:07.379
 In verses

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:08.000
 14 and

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.379
 15,

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:08.919
 you may

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:09.059
 have

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.439
 noticed

00:33:09.439 --> 00:33:11.159
 this

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.959
 language

00:33:11.959 --> 00:33:13.039
 where

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:15.379
 you are

00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:15.939
 my friends

00:33:15.939 --> 00:33:16.179
 if you

00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:16.419
 do what

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:16.899
 I command.

00:33:17.219 --> 00:33:17.719
 No longer

00:33:17.719 --> 00:33:18.319
 do I call

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:18.939
 you servants

00:33:18.939 --> 00:33:19.379
 for the

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:19.799
 servant does

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.259
 not know

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.099
 what his

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:21.619
 master is

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:21.839
 doing,

00:33:21.959 --> 00:33:22.199
 but I

00:33:22.199 --> 00:33:22.819
 have called

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.319
 you friends

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:23.939
 for all

00:33:23.939 --> 00:33:24.259
 that I

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.659
 have heard

00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:24.939
 from my

00:33:24.939 --> 00:33:25.359
 father I

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:26.199
 have made

00:33:26.199 --> 00:33:26.659
 known to

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:26.779
 you.

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.219
 What is

00:33:27.219 --> 00:33:27.899
 this servant

00:33:27.899 --> 00:33:28.559
 to friend

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.539
 kind of

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.219
 shift going

00:33:30.219 --> 00:33:30.699
 on here?

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:32.740
 It's a

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.240
 similar shift

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.779
 that we saw

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.179
 in verses

00:33:34.179 --> 00:33:34.539
 1 through

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.019
 8 where

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:36.139
 Jesus is

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.359
 like

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:38.079
 the new

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.500
 vines in

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.720
 town,

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.000
 new covenant

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.420
 is rocking.

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.279
 This is

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.720
 a new

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.299
 way in

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.819
 which God

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.539
 himself is

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.200
 relating to

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.579
 his new

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.160
 people in

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.519
 Christ.

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.900
 No longer

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.420
 servants,

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.160
 friends.

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.619
 That's

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:55.059
 incredible.

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.139
 This

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:59.480
 gospel love

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.220
 that we see

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.599
 in verse

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.039
 13,

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:03.259
 it's a

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.599
 love that

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.240
 makes friends.

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:07.240
 God,

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.199
 through

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.860
 Christ,

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:12.079
 made you

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.579
 an enemy

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:14.719
 into his

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.000
 friend.

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.539
 He wants

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.039
 to be with

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.219
 you.

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.199
 He wants

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.539
 you to be

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.900
 with him.

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.800
 He wants

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.079
 you to

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.500
 bear all

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.860
 to him,

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.519
 to give

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.059
 everything you

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.340
 got,

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.360
 to trust

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.920
 him fully,

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.019
 to bear

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.440
 your soul

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.860
 to him.

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:32.120
 he loves

00:34:32.120 --> 00:34:33.960
 you as

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.340
 a friend.

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.440
 It's a

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.880
 different way

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.140
 in which

00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:38.860
 God relates

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:40.059
 with us.

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:40.579
 It's a

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.200
 new covenant

00:34:41.200 --> 00:34:41.900
 way of

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.500
 relating with

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.840
 God's

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.140
 people.

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.240
 But,

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:49.260
 look at

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.840
 verse 16,

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.360
 you did not

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.800
 choose me,

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.120
 but I

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:51.720
 choose you,

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.160
 and pointed

00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:52.539
 you that

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:52.900
 you should

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.539
 go and

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.980
 bear fruit.

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.780
 He's like,

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.199
 just be

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:55.460
 clear,

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:57.099
 I'm still

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.440
 calling the

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.719
 shots.

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.920
 He is our

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.940
 master and

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.260
 friend.

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.639
 We didn't

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.039
 choose him,

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.800
 he chose us,

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.199
 and he chose

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.639
 us to bear

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:09.119
 much fruit.

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.699
 The high

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.460
 premium fruit

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:14.420
 of loving

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.360
 one another.

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:19.300
 there's

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.620
 this

00:35:19.620 --> 00:35:21.680
 aspect of

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:22.140
 prayer,

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.940
 so that

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.380
 whatever you

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.900
 ask,

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.480
 the Father

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.200
 in my

00:35:26.200 --> 00:35:26.500
 name,

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:28.400
 he may

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:28.720
 give it

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.099
 to you.

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.320
 This is

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:30.720
 just kind of

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.240
 reiterating

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:31.519
 what he

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.120
 said in

00:35:32.120 --> 00:35:33.079
 verse 7,

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.140
 it's how

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:34.860
 we abide,

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.140
 it's how

00:35:36.140 --> 00:35:36.740
 we trust

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:37.039
 him,

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.220
 we obey

00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:38.579
 him,

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.579
 and we

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.120
 pray,

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.240
 God,

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.099
 would you

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.820
 help me

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:44.099
 to love?

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.620
 Help me

00:35:45.620 --> 00:35:46.260
 to love

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:47.599
 others as

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.019
 you have

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.840
 loved me.

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:52.780
 I'm going

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.079
 to give

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.960
 you some

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.900
 practical steps

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.460
 in a second,

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:57.200
 but what I

00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:57.660
 just want you

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.400
 to see is

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.840
 that in

00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:00.160
 this section

00:36:00.160 --> 00:36:00.700
 here,

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.160
 we can

00:36:01.160 --> 00:36:01.660
 answer the

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:02.120
 question,

00:36:03.140 --> 00:36:03.460
 what kind

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.980
 of love,

00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:04.519
 what kind

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.840
 of fruit

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.360
 does God

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.740
 want us

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.039
 to bear?

00:36:06.140 --> 00:36:06.280
 Is it

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:06.640
 particular?

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.019
 Yes,

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.559
 it's love,

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.380
 love for

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.820
 one another.

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:10.200
 It separates

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.740
 us from

00:36:10.740 --> 00:36:11.840
 everybody else.

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.680
 But I'll

00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:13.940
 tell you

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.180
 what,

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:16.219
 if you're

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:17.059
 not loving

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.619
 others,

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:19.599
 you've

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.379
 actually got

00:36:20.379 --> 00:36:21.179
 an abiding

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:21.719
 problem.

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.639
 Do you

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:24.879
 see how

00:36:24.879 --> 00:36:25.259
 that works?

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:27.819
 If you're

00:36:27.819 --> 00:36:28.219
 not bearing

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:28.599
 the fruit

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.059
 of love,

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.659
 it raises

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:31.279
 the question,

00:36:31.819 --> 00:36:32.079
 are you

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.440
 abiding

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:33.019
 in Christ?

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.039
 So if

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.379
 you're having

00:36:35.379 --> 00:36:36.079
 a hard time

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:37.159
 loving others,

00:36:37.839 --> 00:36:38.699
 maybe you

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.199
 need to ask

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.799
 a more basic

00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:40.279
 question.

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.079
 Are you

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.440
 abiding

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.859
 in Jesus?

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.759
 Are you

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:45.179
 obeying

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.440
 him?

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.139
 Are you

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:48.159
 praying to

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.399
 him?

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.419
 There's two

00:36:50.419 --> 00:36:50.919
 questions.

00:36:51.759 --> 00:36:52.159
 How do we

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.639
 bear fruit?

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.179
 We abide

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.759
 in Christ.

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.699
 What fruit

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.019
 are we to

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.480
 be bearing?

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.199
 Love for

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.619
 one another.

00:36:57.739 --> 00:36:58.159
 We've seen

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.480
 how this

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:58.819
 has moved

00:36:58.819 --> 00:36:59.379
 from general

00:36:59.379 --> 00:37:00.059
 in 1A to

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.839
 specific in

00:37:00.839 --> 00:37:01.199
 9 through

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.639
 17.

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.159
 And here's

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.559
 Jesus,

00:37:04.399 --> 00:37:05.099
 just hours

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.819
 away from

00:37:05.819 --> 00:37:06.279
 laying his

00:37:06.279 --> 00:37:06.759
 life down

00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:07.119
 for his

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.440
 friends,

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.139
 for us,

00:37:08.879 --> 00:37:09.579
 and of all

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.119
 the things

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.759
 that he could

00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.219
 have said

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:11.739
 at this

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.199
 moment,

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:13.599
 he exhorts

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.579
 us to

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.119
 a vital

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.699
 dependence

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.859
 in him

00:37:16.859 --> 00:37:17.579
 so that

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.059
 we would

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.779
 bear the

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.379
 fruit of

00:37:19.379 --> 00:37:20.000
 loving one

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.319
 another.

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:21.339
 That's how

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:21.719
 much that

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.079
 means to

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.259
 him.

00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:24.480
 That's how

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.899
 much it

00:37:24.899 --> 00:37:25.219
 means to

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:25.439
 him that

00:37:25.439 --> 00:37:25.839
 we'd be

00:37:25.839 --> 00:37:26.399
 loving one

00:37:26.399 --> 00:37:26.699
 another.

00:37:28.939 --> 00:37:29.659
 It's the

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.579
 high premium

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:31.000
 fruit.

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.659
 So the

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.319
 question that

00:37:33.319 --> 00:37:33.699
 I want to

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.279
 close out

00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:35.480
 with is

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.379
 how do we

00:37:36.379 --> 00:37:36.819
 apply this

00:37:36.819 --> 00:37:37.079
 to our

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.339
 lives?

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:39.180
 I have

00:37:39.180 --> 00:37:39.860
 three prayers

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.280
 for you to

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:42.600
 pray by

00:37:42.600 --> 00:37:43.500
 way of

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.720
 application.

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:47.400
 The first

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:48.579
 prayer I

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.160
 call the

00:37:49.160 --> 00:37:49.700
 abiding

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.180
 prayer.

00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:51.280
 I've already

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:51.780
 hinted at

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.100
 this.

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.680
 It's taking

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:55.660
 John 15

00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:56.260
 5 and

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:56.700
 making it

00:37:56.700 --> 00:37:57.240
 a confession.

00:37:59.620 --> 00:38:00.220
 Jesus,

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:01.440
 you are

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.000
 the vine.

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:04.000
 I am a

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.460
 branch.

00:38:05.100 --> 00:38:06.280
 I need

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:06.800
 you.

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.420
 It's

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.760
 humble.

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.160
 It's

00:38:08.160 --> 00:38:08.780
 dependent.

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.400
 It's

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:12.220
 allowing

00:38:12.220 --> 00:38:12.960
 his words

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.660
 to abide

00:38:13.660 --> 00:38:14.260
 in you

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:14.660
 and to

00:38:14.660 --> 00:38:15.400
 pray it.

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:15.920
 Trust

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.300
 him.

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.060
 It's a

00:38:18.060 --> 00:38:18.360
 great way

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.640
 to start

00:38:18.640 --> 00:38:18.980
 your day.

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:19.620
 It takes

00:38:19.620 --> 00:38:20.340
 10 seconds.

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:21.780
 In fact,

00:38:22.100 --> 00:38:22.420
 you can

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:22.840
 pray that

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.200
 prayer

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:23.980
 wherever

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.940
 and whenever

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.400
 throughout

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.780
 the day.

00:38:26.620 --> 00:38:27.380
 You have

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.640
 a hard

00:38:27.640 --> 00:38:27.980
 phone call

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.340
 to make.

00:38:29.060 --> 00:38:29.260
 Oh,

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:29.800
 Lord Jesus,

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.400
 you are

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.900
 the vine.

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.440
 I am

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:31.920
 the branch.

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.539
 I need

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.920
 you.

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:33.539
 Would

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:33.840
 you help

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.060
 me to

00:38:34.060 --> 00:38:34.380
 have this

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:34.960
 conversation

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.740
 in love?

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.220
 It may

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:37.600
 be hard.

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.920
 You can

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.640
 do this

00:38:40.640 --> 00:38:41.420
 wherever

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:42.039
 and whenever.

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.460
 But this

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.720
 is the

00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:44.080
 first.

00:38:45.060 --> 00:38:45.420
 This is

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:45.720
 where you

00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:46.019
 start.

00:38:47.120 --> 00:38:47.360
 It's

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:47.960
 confessional.

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.180
 Could you

00:38:49.180 --> 00:38:49.580
 imagine if

00:38:49.580 --> 00:38:49.820
 we're doing

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.120
 that every

00:38:50.120 --> 00:38:50.620
 day together?

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:53.380
 We're all

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.940
 seeking to

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:55.039
 abide in

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:55.420
 the vine.

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:58.780
 it orders

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.400
 your loves.

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.220
 Second,

00:39:02.220 --> 00:39:03.119
 the loving

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.500
 prayer.

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:10.039
 If you

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.320
 turn to

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.740
 Ephesians

00:39:10.740 --> 00:39:11.340
 chapter

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:13.039
 3,

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:17.820
 there is

00:39:17.820 --> 00:39:18.480
 this triune

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.059
 prayer that

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.539
 is just

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:20.039
 phenomenal

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.960
 that the

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.559
 apostle Paul

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.200
 prays for the

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.480
 Ephesian

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.579
 church and

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.579
 you just

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:25.019
 got to see

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.299
 what he

00:39:25.299 --> 00:39:25.779
 prays.

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:27.779
 I do

00:39:27.779 --> 00:39:28.059
 know where

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.420
 Ephesians

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:28.759
 is in

00:39:28.759 --> 00:39:28.900
 my

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:29.179
 Bible.

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.119
 Listen to

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.519
 this prayer

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.099
 he prays.

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:38.179
 For this

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.599
 reason I

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:38.940
 bow my

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.420
 knees before

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:39.920
 the Father

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.440
 from whom

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.059
 every family

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.440
 in heaven

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:41.799
 and earth

00:39:41.799 --> 00:39:42.319
 is named

00:39:42.319 --> 00:39:43.380
 that according

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:43.699
 to the

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.179
 riches of

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:44.699
 his glory

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.019
 he may

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.500
 grant you

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.819
 to be

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:46.199
 strengthened

00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:46.900
 with power

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:47.840
 through his

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.480
 spirit in

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:48.940
 your inner

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:50.840
 being so

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.400
 that Christ

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:51.960
 may dwell in

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.299
 your hearts

00:39:52.299 --> 00:39:52.819
 through faith

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.820
 that you

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.320
 being rooted

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:54.780
 and grounded

00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:55.460
 in love

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:56.000
 may have

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.440
 strength

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.340
 to comprehend

00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:57.880
 with all the

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.120
 saints

00:39:58.120 --> 00:39:58.940
 what is the

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.500
 breadth and

00:39:59.500 --> 00:39:59.980
 length and

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.500
 height and

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.039
 depth and

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.640
 to know the

00:40:01.640 --> 00:40:01.940
 love of

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.820
 Christ that

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.460
 surpasses

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.280
 knowledge that

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:04.820
 you may be

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:05.400
 filled up with

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:05.840
 all the

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.340
 fullness of

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:06.680
 God.

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.760
 That's

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:09.160
 fullness of

00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:09.460
 joy.

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.220
 It's that

00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:14.180
 Ephesians 3

00:40:14.180 --> 00:40:14.840
 14 through

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:16.200
 19 prayer that

00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:16.920
 you pray for

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.940
 yourself first

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:19.260
 day by day.

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:20.780
 Oh God

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:21.360
 would you

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:22.680
 Father

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.539
 pour out

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:23.900
 your spirit

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.200
 on me

00:40:24.200 --> 00:40:24.660
 that Christ

00:40:24.660 --> 00:40:25.000
 would dwell

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.380
 in my heart

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:25.960
 by faith

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.700
 that I

00:40:26.700 --> 00:40:27.120
 would know

00:40:27.120 --> 00:40:27.660
 your great

00:40:27.660 --> 00:40:28.160
 love for

00:40:28.160 --> 00:40:29.340
 me in

00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:29.820
 Christ.

00:40:30.620 --> 00:40:30.940
 Would you

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.360
 help me to

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:32.660
 experience that

00:40:32.660 --> 00:40:34.260
 bear witness

00:40:34.260 --> 00:40:35.059
 to my

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:36.059
 spirit that

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.800
 I am

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.680
 your son

00:40:37.680 --> 00:40:38.640
 beloved.

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.500
 And from

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:43.840
 there do you

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.059
 know what you

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.240
 do?

00:40:46.200 --> 00:40:47.000
 You pray the

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:47.460
 same for your

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:47.820
 brothers and

00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.099
 sisters.

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:52.179
 that God

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:53.000
 the Father

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.500
 would pour

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.980
 out his

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:55.159
 spirit on

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:57.319
 my spouse,

00:40:58.319 --> 00:41:00.779
 on my

00:41:00.779 --> 00:41:01.539
 life group

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:02.199
 brothers and

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:02.519
 sisters,

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.039
 on my

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:04.059
 ministry team

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.920
 folks,

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:06.880
 on the

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.360
 leaders of

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:08.039
 our church

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.940
 that they

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.819
 would experience

00:41:09.819 --> 00:41:10.400
 the fullness

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:11.079
 of God's

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.440
 love.

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:11.539
 love.

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.820
 It's a way

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:18.099
 the word of

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:18.800
 Christ abides

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.920
 in us and

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.559
 we pray it.

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:22.860
 The loving

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:23.200
 prayer.

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:25.360
 The last

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:27.119
 prayer is the

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:27.940
 pruning prayer.

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:27.980
 prayer.

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.860
 This is when

00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:31.840
 you're experiencing

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:34.860
 the pain of

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:35.400
 your loving

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:36.179
 Father's

00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:37.159
 pruning shears.

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:39.480
 He's exposing

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:40.700
 things that

00:41:40.700 --> 00:41:41.280
 grieve him.

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:43.860
 Unfruitfulness.

00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:46.099
 He's wanting

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.920
 to remove it

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:48.340
 because he

00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:48.880
 loves you.

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:49.760
 Unloving

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:50.240
 thoughts,

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:50.760
 unloving

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.300
 actions,

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:51.880
 unloving

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:52.480
 speech.

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:53.400
 And when

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:54.220
 he's exposing

00:41:54.220 --> 00:41:54.700
 it, it can

00:41:54.700 --> 00:41:55.139
 be very

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:55.599
 painful.

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:57.819
 You know

00:41:57.819 --> 00:41:58.279
 the song we

00:41:58.279 --> 00:41:58.500
 sing,

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:58.819
 thank you

00:41:58.819 --> 00:41:59.179
 for saving

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.400
 me?

00:42:00.779 --> 00:42:01.420
 Thank you

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:02.119
 for pruning

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:02.559
 me.

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.639
 What can

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:05.119
 I say?

00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:07.900
 It's because

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:08.380
 he loves

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:08.619
 you.

00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:10.779
 And when

00:42:10.779 --> 00:42:11.159
 he's in the

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:11.539
 midst of

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:11.880
 pruning

00:42:11.880 --> 00:42:13.259
 you, you

00:42:13.259 --> 00:42:13.960
 say things

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.739
 like, thank

00:42:14.739 --> 00:42:15.860
 you, thank

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:16.239
 you Father,

00:42:16.339 --> 00:42:16.639
 would you

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:17.500
 train me in

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:18.299
 this so

00:42:18.299 --> 00:42:18.739
 that I may

00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:20.039
 share in

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.659
 your holiness,

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:21.519
 that I may

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:22.539
 yield a

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:23.259
 peaceful fruit

00:42:23.259 --> 00:42:24.039
 of righteousness,

00:42:24.299 --> 00:42:24.940
 Hebrews 12.

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:27.519
 We can

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:27.819
 pray that

00:42:27.819 --> 00:42:28.139
 for one

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:28.460
 another.

00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:31.960
 Brother, I

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.179
 think you're

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:32.699
 being pruned

00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:33.259
 by your

00:42:33.259 --> 00:42:33.860
 loving Father.

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:34.719
 Let's pray.

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:37.079
 Sister, let's

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:37.339
 pray.

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:38.119
 This is good.

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.759
 Ouch, but

00:42:39.759 --> 00:42:40.099
 good.

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:44.940
 Three prayers,

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.539
 the abiding

00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:46.319
 prayer, the

00:42:46.319 --> 00:42:46.940
 loving prayer,

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:47.519
 the pruning

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:47.960
 prayer.

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:48.920
 Pick one.

00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:49.460
 Start praying

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.099
 it this week.

00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:53.159
 How do we

00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:53.639
 bear fruit?

00:42:53.779 --> 00:42:54.139
 Well, we

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:54.599
 abide in

00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:54.980
 Christ.

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:55.659
 His word

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:55.980
 abiding

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.480
 us, we

00:42:56.480 --> 00:42:56.820
 pray.

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:58.079
 What fruit

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.460
 are we to

00:42:58.460 --> 00:42:58.679
 bear?

00:42:59.280 --> 00:42:59.820
 Love one

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:00.119
 another.

00:43:00.619 --> 00:43:01.099
 It's the

00:43:01.099 --> 00:43:01.880
 high premium,

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.460
 high premium

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:04.320
 fruit.

00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:06.280
 And it

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:07.039
 brings glory

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:08.039
 to the

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:09.159
 Father when

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:09.659
 we bear

00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:10.340
 much fruit.

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:11.280
 And you

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:11.460
 know what

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:11.740
 else it

00:43:11.740 --> 00:43:11.980
 does?

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:15.039
 It proves

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.740
 that we are

00:43:15.740 --> 00:43:16.420
 the disciples

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:16.980
 of Jesus.

00:43:18.260 --> 00:43:19.039
 Let's pray.

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:22.000
 God, thank you

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.820
 so much for

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:24.000
 these words

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.500
 of Jesus.

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:27.599
 Father, we

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:29.519
 need your

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:30.380
 help even

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:30.860
 in abiding

00:43:30.860 --> 00:43:31.219
 in you.

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:34.039
 Thank you for

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.659
 the clarity,

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.400
 Lord Jesus,

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:36.199
 you give us.

00:43:36.759 --> 00:43:37.300
 And would you

00:43:37.300 --> 00:43:37.860
 make us a

00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:38.619
 church that

00:43:38.619 --> 00:43:39.840
 is more and

00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:40.440
 more filled

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:41.239
 to the full

00:43:41.239 --> 00:43:42.159
 with the

00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:43.059
 spirit,

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.960
 the love

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.579
 of God,

00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:48.059
 bringing that

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:48.740
 into our

00:43:48.740 --> 00:43:49.659
 experience

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:51.619
 and overflowing

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:52.260
 to others.

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:53.900
 In your name

00:43:53.900 --> 00:43:54.340
 we pray.

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:55.440
 Amen.